Calendar for December 1st, 2013

Advent Sunday

Advent Sunday is a liturgical period preceding Christmas, beginning in Western churches on the fourth Sunday before Christmas and observed by many as a season of prayer, fasting, and penitence.
Advent Sunday marks the beginning of the ecclesiastical year.

Every Year

World AIDS Day

Month of DecemberDecember comes from the Latin word decem, meaning "ten," because it was the tenth month of the early Roman calendar.

1830s

1831: New York's Erie Canal closed due to weather.

1840s

Born 1846: William Henry Holmes (archaeologist)

1880s

Born 1886: Rex Stout (novelist)

1900s

1909: The Christmas Club savings account began

1910s

1913: First drive-in gasoline service station opened, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1919: Lt. Harry Colebourn officially donated Winnie (the bear Christopher Robin Milne named his bear after) to the London Zoo

1920s

Born 1929: David Fitzgerald Doyle (actor)

1930s

Born 1935: Woody Allen (actor & producer)

Born 1939: Lee Trevino (golfer)

1940s

1940: Dupree Gardens opened, Land O' Lakes, Florida

Born 1940: Richard Pryor (comedian & actor)

Born 1945: Bette Midler (singer & actress)

1950s

1955: Rosa Parks, a seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama, was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger

1959: The Antarctic Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., guaranteeing peaceful international use of the continent